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International co-operation forums with Danish participation Denmark participates actively in a number of key international co-operation forums within hydrogen and fuel cells. The European Platform for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells plays a key role in the planning and implementation of future European R&D work (www.hfpeurope.org). Danish players are represented in its management (Advisory Council), in the platform’s group of office bearers (Mirror Group) and in several working groups (Strategic Research Agenda, Deployment Strategy, Financial and Business Development and Regulations, Codes and Standards). Nordic Energy Research also plays a role as intermediary between Nordic R&D environments and their European counterparts (www.nefp.info). Nordic Energy Research is actively involved in the Mirror Group under the European technology platform and participates together with the Danish Energy Authority in the coordination of European initiatives within the so-called HY-CO-project (www.hy-co-era.net) that is to promote coordination of the efforts at a general level. The International Energy Agency (IEA) and key Implementing Agreements (IA) traditionally constitute the forum in which Denmark follows and participates in international R&D work (www.iea.org). Denmark is represented in the IA Advanced Fuel Cells, IA Advanced Fuels, IA Hydrogen, IA Bioenergy, IA Greenhouse Gas R&D, IA Clean Coal Centre and in the Hydrogen Coordination Group. A number of European and international committees and working groups have been established to deal with international standardisation. The most significant of these committees and working groups are: ISO TC 197 Hydrogen Technologies, IEC TC 105 Fuel Cell Technologies, CEN/CENELEC Joint Working Party on Fuel Cell Gas Heating Appliances, CEN/TC 19 EWG on Fuels for Fuels Cells. The Danish Standards Association recently established a new standardisation committee together with the Danish Energy Authority to ensure that Danish companies have access to and influence on the content of the standards for hydrogen and fuel cell technology. Through the European Commission, Denmark is indirectly a member of the International Partnership for Hydrogen Economy (IPHE), which was established in November 2003 at the initiative of the United States (www.iphe.net). The purpose of the IPHE is to organise, evaluate and implement multilateral R&D and implementation programmes to promote the transition to a hydrogen economy. The following countries are members of the IPHE: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the EU Commission, France, Germany, Iceland, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Norway, Russia, the UK and the USA. In the field of energy technology, in particular hydrogen and fuel cells, the Danish government aims to further strengthen the transatlantic collaboration both via the EU and bilaterally. In connection with the visit by President Bush in Europe in 19
February 2005, the Danish government presented a number of proposals for cooperation 12 . Goals for international R&D co-operation A Danish strategy for research, development and demonstration of hydrogen technologies should strengthen the role of Danish research, development and demonstration of hydrogen technologies at a global level. This could be achieved in various ways: • by strengthening the international dimension and co-operation related to research, development and demonstration of relevant hydrogen technologies, e.g. through closer Nordic co-operation around demonstration, a strong EU involvement and intensified bilateral and multilateral co-operation with North America; • by closely following the development in relevant international cooperative entities, including the IPHE; • by increasing the mobility of top research students by attracting outstanding students and researchers from within the EU and other countries and promoting research stays for Danish students and researchers at top-level foreign research institutions; • by attracting partners and investors from abroad to Danish research, development and demonstration projects; • by subsidising the development work of Danish research environments in international research, development and demonstration activities. 12 “In order for the EU and the US to deepen co-operation in the area of new energy technologies including Hydrogen and Fuel Cell technology the EU and the US should: remove barriers for cooperation between universities and industry on both sides of the Atlantic; consider this field as a possible spearhead area for co-operation on standards, IPR and patents; exchange lessons learned / best practices on public support for strategic research on new technologies; exchange lessons learned / best practices on public-private co-operation in the field; chart opportunities for EU-US co-operation in developing new energy technologies.” 20
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